Cast & creator
Randy Quaid
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films such as The Last Detail, Independence Day, Kingpin and Brokeback Mountain. He has won a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Also known as: Randall Rudy Quaid, Randy Randall Rudy Quaid
102
film credits
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television credits
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1970–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (126)
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Paul (uncredited)
1975
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
American Playhouse
Feet Samuels
1982
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Night Gallery
1970
Brokeback Mountain
Joe Aguirre
2005
Independence Day
Russell Casse
1996
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Cousin Eddie
1989
Home on the Range
Alameda Slim (voice)
2004
Blade: The Series
2006
Night Visions
Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
2001
National Lampoon's Vacation
Cousin Eddie
1983
Not Another Teen Movie
Mr. Briggs
2001
Days of Thunder
Tim Dalander
1990
Hard Rain
Sheriff Mike Collins
1998
Gun
Bill
1997
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Himself
2009
The Last Picture Show
Lester Marlow
1971
Midnight Express
Jimmy Booth
1978
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Jack Woods
1999
Vegas Vacation
Cousin Eddie
1997
Quick Change
Loomis
1990
The Wraith
Sheriff Loomis
1986
5ive Days to Midnight
Irwin Sikorski
2004
The Long Riders
Clell Miller
1980
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Hank Shaw
2003
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Cappy von Trapment
2000
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Clayton Ritchie
1980
Elvis
'Colonel' Tom Parker
2005
Davis Rules
Dwight Davis
1991
The Paper
Michael McDougal
1994
Kingpin
Ishmael Boorg
1996
What's Up, Doc?
Professor Hosquith
1972
Inside the Third Reich
Putzi Hanfstaengel
1982
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Bruno
2002
Paper Moon
Leroy
1973
Streets of Laredo
John Wesley Hardin
1995
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Randy Weaver
1996
Category 7: The End of the World
Tornado Tommy Dixon
2005
No Man's Land
Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
1987
The Missouri Breaks
Tittle Tod
1976
Major League II
Johnny (ucredited)
1994
Picture This
Self
1991
Freaked
Elijah C. Skuggs
1993Texas Ranch House
2006
The Last Detail
Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows
1973
The Ice Harvest
Bill Guerrard
2005
Caddyshack II
Peter Blunt
1988
Murder in the Heartland
Elmer Scheele
1993
Goya's Ghosts
King Carlos IV
2006
The Wild Life
Charlie
1984
Get on the Bus
Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
1996
The Slugger's Wife
Moose Granger
1985
Last Dance
Sam Burns
1996
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Tornado Tommy Dixon
2004
Blade: House of Chthon
Melvin
2006
Breakout
Hawk Hawkins
1975
Bound for Glory
Luther Johnson
1976
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Randy Weaver
1996
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Coach Lew Tuttle
2009
Grind
Jock Jensen
2003
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Virgil
1974
To Race the Wind
Chet Watson
1980
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Eddie Johnson
2003
Purgatory
Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
1999
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Tornado Tommy
2004
Woman Undone
Allan Hansen
1996
Bug Buster
General George S. Merlin
1998
Mail to the Chief
President A. Thorton Osgood II
2000
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Grat Dalton
1979
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Madman McKlusky
2002
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
Detective Steve Carella
1995
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Finch Feather
1973
Once Upon a Halloween
Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Feet Samuels
1989
All You Can Eat
Gordon
2018
Bye Bye Love
Vic Damico
1995
The Day the World Ended
Dr. Michael McCann
2001
LBJ: The Early Years
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Foxes
Jay
1980
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Self (archive footage)
1996
Kart Racer
Vic Davies
2003
Moving
Frank / Cornall Crawford
1988
Carolina
Ted Mirabeau
2003
Next Door
Lenny Benedetti
1994
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
Curse of the Starving Class
Taylor
1994
P.U.N.K.S
Pat Utley
1999
The Thin Blue Lie
Phil Chadway
2000
Dead Solid Perfect
Kenny Lee
1988
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1984
Roommates
Jim Flynn
1994
Back By Midnight
Eli Rockwood
2005
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Kentuck
1982
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
Rockin' Rory (voice)
2006
Out Cold
Lester
1989
Fool for Love
Martin
1985
The Choirboys
Dean Proust
1977
Heartbeeps
Charlie
1981
Of Mice and Men
Lenny Small
1981
Sweet Country
Juan
1987
Parents
Nick Laemle
1989
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005
Moonshine Highway
Sheriff Miller
1996
Getting Away from It All
Herbie
1972
Texasville
Lester Marlow
1990
Black Cadillac
Charlie
2003
Evil in Clear River
Pete Suvak
1988
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Jerry James
2003
The Debtors
1999
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
Captain Flint
2006
Water War
Lenny
1998
Martians Go Home
Mark Devereaux
1989
Cold Dog Soup
Jack Cloud
1990
Valentine's Day
Phil
1998
Last Rites
Jeremy Dillon
1999The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
The Christmas Letter
Postman
2024
Frankenstein
The Monster
1993
Star Whackers
Randy Quaid
2011
Real Time
Reuben
2008
Three Warriors
Ranger Quentin Hammond
1977
Cowboy
Evan Coleman
1983
The Great Niagara
Carl Grant
1974